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Photograph C01770 First World War, 1914-1918Part of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel on the outskirts of Cairo, which was taken over by the 1st Australian General Hospital (1 AGH). Note the beds in the courtyard.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The rear of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel on the outskirts of Cairo, which housed the 1st Australian General Hospital. A local man is walking past.
Part of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel on the outskirts of Cairo, which was taken over by the 1st Australian General Hospital (1 AGH). Note the beds in the courtyard.

View of part of the 1st Australian General Hospital (1 AGH), showing patients' beds laid out in the grounds. The hospital occupied the imposing Heliopolis Palace Hotel, on the outskirts of Cairo.

The Heliopolis Palace Hotel, near Cairo, which was taken over by the 1st Australian General Hospital (1 AGH).

HELIOPOLIS, EGYPT, WW1. VIEW OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT HELIOPOLIS, NEAR CAIRO, LOCATED IN THE FORMER HELIOPOLIS PALACE HOTEL.

The Heliopolis Palace Hotel on the outskirts of Cairo. The enormous building housed the 1st Australian General Hospital (1 AGH), which opened to receive cases on 25 January 1915. A former oasis, Helip
Judges and spectators look on as participants compete in the stretcher drill event during a sports meeting held by No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in the grounds of the Heliopolis Sporting Club. I